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VII/96 Catalog of morphological properties of Abell clusters (Struble+, 1987)
A catalog of morphological properties of the 2712 Abell clusters STRUBLE M.F., ROOD H.J. <Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser., 63, 555 (1987)> =1987ApJS...63..555S
ADC_Keywords: Clusters, galaxy ; Morphology ; Description: A catalog is presented which contains Rood-Sastry (1971, hereafter RS) morphological types for all 2712 Abell clusters. Keywords: galaxies: clustering - galaxies: distance - galaxies: structure File Summary:
FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
ReadMe 80 . This file table1 132 2712 Catalog of morphological properties of Abell clusters table2 114 372 Additional data for resolved F clusters table3 122 142 Additional data for Abell clusters with non-cluster population notes 80 3209 Comments of table1
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1
Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
1- 4 I4 --- Abell Abell cluster identification 5 A1 --- n_Abell [*] An '*' indicates that the cluster is not in Abell's (1980) statistical sample 7 I1 --- Dist Distance class as given by Abell (1980) 9- 11 I3 --- nGal Abell's (1980) number count of galaxies 13- 14 I2 mm Radius Radius of the circular observation window which our data were obtained (1mm=67.14") 16- 18 A3 --- RS1 Basic RS type (1) 20- 21 A2 --- RS2 Subsidiary property of RS type (2) 23- 24 I2 --- RS3 []? Number of bright galaxies used to determine RS type for both the C and L types 26- 31 A6 --- T1 First brightest cluster galaxy Hubble type 33- 36 F4.2 mm Sep1a []? Separation, see note (3) 38- 41 F4.2 mm Sep1b []? Separation, see note (3) 43- 48 A6 --- T2 Second brightest cluster galaxy Hubble type 50- 53 F4.2 mm Sep2a []? Separation, see note (3) 55- 58 F4.2 mm Sep2b []? Separation, see note (3) 60- 65 A6 --- T3 Third brightest cluster galaxy Hubble type 67- 70 F4.2 mm Sep3a []? Separation, see note (3) 72- 75 F4.2 mm Sep3b []? Separation, see note (3) 77- 81 F5.2 mm r12 Separation between the first and second most luminous cluster galaxies (1mm=67.14") 83- 87 F5.2 mm r13 Separation between the first and third most luminous cluster galaxies (1mm=67.14") 89- 93 F5.2 mm r23 Separation between the second and third most luminous cluster galaxies (1mm=67.14") 95- 96 I2 --- Nb []? Number of apparent double galaxies not among the three most luminous cluster galaxies 98 I1 --- Nt []? Number of apparent triple galaxies not among the three most luminous cluster galaxies 99 A1 --- n_Nt [n] A 'n' indicates that a galaxy with a multiple nucleus is observed in the cluster 100-101 A2 --- FRS1a Basic RS type for the first subcluster in an F cluster (1) 103-104 A2 --- FRS1b Subsidiary property of RS type of FRS1 (2) 106-107 I2 --- FRS1c []? Number of bright galaxies used to determine FRS1 RS type for both the C and L types 109-110 A2 --- FRS2a Basic RS type for the second subcluster in an F cluster (1) 112-113 A2 --- FRS2b Subsidiary property of RS type of FRS2 (2) 115-116 I2 --- FRS2c []? Number of bright galaxies used to determine FRS2 RS type for both the C and L types 118-119 A2 --- FRS3a Basic RS type for the third subcluster in an F cluster (1) 121-122 A2 --- F3RS3b Subsidiary property of RS type of FRS3 (2) 124-125 I2 --- F3RS3c []? Number of bright galaxies used to determine FRS3 RS type for both the C and L types 127-131 A5 --- Other Other source data (4)
Note (1): Basic RS type: cD, B, L, C, F or I Note (2): Appendage or subscript which indicates a subsidiary property : p=peculiar cD galaxy n=multiple nucleus cD galaxy s=satellite of a cD galaxy b=connected supergiant binary galaxy within a B-type cluster p=peculiarity associated with a supergiant binary galaxy or the B cluster itself a=arc shape of the line of galaxies defining an L-type cluster c=clumpy s=smooth I-type cluster Note (3): The number following a 'b' or 's' designation is the measured separation (1mm=67.14") between the components of a binary galaxy or between a cDs galaxy ant its nearby satellite, respectively Note (4): c: presence of a comment concerning the cluster in "notes" file r: continuum radio emission in a passband centered at a frequency of 1400MHz was detected in the survey by Owen et al. (1982) u: the cluster was observed but not detected at the sensitivity limit of 0.10Jy in the 1400MHz radio survey by Owen et al. (1982) v: the cluster is listed in the catalog of Leir and van den Bergh (1977) x: X-ray emission was detected in the HEAO 1 2-6 keV passband survey of Abell clusters by Johnson et al. (1983) z: the redshift of the cluster is contained in the catalog compiled by Struble and Rood (1986a)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2
Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
1- 4 I4 --- Abell Abell cluster identification 5 A1 --- u_Abell [:] Uncertainty flag on F type of the cluster (RS1 in table1) 7 A1 --- m_Abell [EWNSM] Component of the cluster (1) 10- 11 A2 --- RS Basic revised RS type 13- 18 A6 --- T1 First brightest cluster galaxy Hubble type 20- 23 F4.2 mm SepT1a []? Separation, see note (2) 25- 28 F4.2 mm SepT1b []? Separation, see note (2) 30- 35 A6 --- T2 Second brightest cluster galaxy Hubble type 37- 40 F4.2 mm SepT2a []? Separation, see note (2) 42- 45 F4.2 mm SepT2b []? Separation, see note (2) 47- 52 A6 --- T3 Third brightest cluster galaxy Hubble type 54- 57 F4.2 mm SepT3a []? Separation, see note (2) 59- 62 F4.2 mm SepT3b []? Separation, see note (2) 64- 68 F5.2 mm r12 Separation between the first and second most luminous cluster galaxies (1mm=67.14") 70- 74 F5.2 mm r13 Separation between the first and third most luminous cluster galaxies (1mm=67.14") 76- 80 F5.2 mm r23 Separation between the second and third most luminous cluster galaxies (1mm=67.14") 82- 83 I2 --- Nb []? Number of apparent galaxies that are not among the three most luminous cluster galaxies 85 I1 --- Nt []? Number of apparent triple galaxies not among the three most luminous cluster galaxies 87- 88 A2 --- RS1 Basic RS type for the first subcluster 90- 91 A2 --- RS2 Subsidiary property of RS type (3) 93- 94 I2 --- RS3 []? Number of bright galaxies used to determine FRS1 RS type for both the C and L types 97-100 F4.1 mm Sep []? Separation of the components (1mm=67.14") 102-103 A2 --- m_Sep [SENWM] Component designation 105-107 I3 deg PA []? Position angle of the separation vector of the components 109 A1 --- n_PA [SENWM] Component designation 114 A1 --- Com Comments (4)
Note (1): M for middle Note (2): The number following a 'b' or 's' designation is the measured separation (1mm=67.14") between the components of a binary galaxy or between a cDs galaxy ant its nearby satellite, respectively Note (3): Appendage or subscript which indicates a subsidiary property : p=peculiar cD galaxy n=multiple nucleus cD galaxy s=satellite of a cD galaxy b=connected supergiant binary galaxy within a B-type cluster p=peculiarity associated with a supergiant binary galaxy or the B cluster itself a=arc shape of the line of galaxies defining an L-type cluster c=clumpy s=smooth I-type cluster Note (4): c: presence of a comment concerning the cluster in "notes" file
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3
Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
1- 4 I4 --- Abell Abell number 5 A1 --- u_Abell Uncertainty flag on the type of the cluster 7 A1 --- n_Abell [CX] C: confused, X: probable cluster in the foreground of an Abell cluster 9- 10 A2 --- RS1 Basic RS type (1) 13 A1 --- RS2 Subsidiary property of RS type (2) 16 I1 --- RS3 []? Number of bright galaxies used to determine RS type for both the C and L types 18- 23 A6 --- T1 First brightest cluster galaxy Hubble type 25- 28 F4.2 --- SepT1a []? Separation, see note (3) 35- 40 A6 --- T2 Second brightest cluster galaxy Hubble type 42- 45 F4.2 --- SepT2a []? Separation, see note (3) 52- 57 A6 --- T3 Third brightest cluster galaxy Hubble type 59- 62 F4.2 --- SepT3a []? Separation, see note (3) 64- 67 F4.2 --- SepT3b []? Separation, see note (3) 69- 73 F5.2 --- r12 Separation between the first and second most luminous cluster galaxies (1mm=67.14") 75- 79 F5.2 --- r13 Separation between the first and third most luminous cluster galaxies (1mm=67.14") 81- 85 F5.2 --- r23 Separation between the second and third most luminous cluster galaxies (1mm=67.14") 88 I1 --- Nb []? Number of apparent galaxies that are not among the three most luminous cluster galaxies 92- 93 A2 --- FRS1a Revised RS type for the first subcluster 99 I1 --- FRS1c []? Number of bright galaxies used to determine FRS1 RS type for both the C and L types 102 A1 --- FRS2a Revised RS type for the second subcluster 108 I1 --- FRS2c []? Number of bright galaxies used to determine FRS2 RS type for both the C and L types 122 A1 --- Com Comments (4)
Note (1): Basic RS type: cD, B, L, C, F or I) Note (2): Appendage or subscript which indicates a subsidiary property : p=peculiar cD galaxy n=multiple nucleus cD galaxy s=satellite of a cD galaxy b=connected supergiant binary galaxy within a B-type cluster p=peculiarity associated with a supergiant binary galaxy or the B cluster itself a=arc shape of the line of galaxies defining an L-type cluster c=clumpy s=smooth I-type cluster Note (3): The number following a 'b' or 's' designation is the measured separation (1mm=67.14") between the components of a binary galaxy or between a cDs galaxy ant its nearby satellite, respectively Note (4): c: presence of a comment concerning the cluster in "notes" file
References: Abell G.O., 1980, (Catalogue published in 1989, ApJS 70, 1) Johnson M.W. et al., 1983, ApJ, 266, 425 Leir A. & van der Bergh S., 1977, ApJS, 34, 381 Owen F.W. et al., 1982, AJ, 87, 1083 Rood H.J., Sastry G., 1971, Pub. A.S.P., 83, 313 Struble M.F. & Rodd H.J., 1986, ApJS, 63 543 Courtesy: Struble M.F., Rood H.J. First prepared by W.H. Warren (ADC/NASA)
(End) Patricia Bauer [CDS] 20-Jan-1995
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